Camera-finder.



G. 1". 11111111110111). CAMERA FINDER. APPLIUATION FILE AUGA, 1909 970,443. Patented Sept. 13,1910.

UNITED STATES PigrEN OFFICE.

a GEORGE r. HAMMONDQoFoLEVELAN onto.

CA E A-impart.

v T b all whorri it may concern: it known that'LGEoRon F. Hauaionn, Ia citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, .in the county of Guyahoga and ''5' State of Ohio, have invented' a certain new and useful Improvement in Camera-Finders, .ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings. g 10 This invention'relates to cameras, and

more especially to finders therefor. The objects of the inventionare to provide a camera of theordinary hand or t'oldingtype with a" finder of large area which .16 will at all times present to theeye of the operator a field co-extensive with the field 1 projected by the lens upon the sensitized plate or film; also to provide a finder which, while securing the above results, can be 120' carried as a part of the camera and will i I.- not 'interferewith the ordinajy operations of-th-e same, especially the folding of the lens and bellows intd the camera box.

A-t'u'rther object of the invention is to pro' vide,'with such a tinder, a cooperating-adj-ustable sight which'will secure a propel-"relation between the field'observed through 'the finder-and that projected upon the sensitized film or plate irrespective of the distances of the objects photographed from the camera. A .further object of the invention is to 'provide a finder with means whereby it may be conveniently adapted for representing correctly the field rejected upon 'the sensitized plate. oi'filln w ien thefie d covered by the ens is narrowed, as when using the camera with a tele-photo attachment or with the front combination of-tl1e lens removed. 2 With the above ob]ects in view, the invention maybe further defined as consistingof the-combinations otelements embodied m the claimshereto annexed and illustrated 1n the drawings forming part hereot,

whereinp H Figure 1 represents a front elevation 0t camera havm mfy finder applied thereto;

Fig. 2 aside-e ovation; and Fi 3a rear welevation of the parts shown in I ig. 1; Fi".

4: a perspective view of the sight which I employ in combination with the finder; Fig.

5 a detail" in section; and Fig. 6 a detail in pers ective of the finderproper; and Fig. 7 an e evation ot'. the attachment t'or rarymg the field ot the finder.

5 Describing the parts byxreferenee characters, lfdenotes' the casing orbox of a camera Specification ofLettei's Patentf P te t d pt, 13, 1910; Application filed August 4,1909. Serial m. 511,190.

of the ordinary pocket? or folding type,

the camera-being adapted to cooperate wlth a film orplate which is of. greater length on; one of its sides than on the other and havin a front opening, one side of which. is o when the bellows'are distended.

5 denotes the lens 'frame, which is of the usual cylindrical type and is carried by the tront (i, said sliding front being of any ored tobe raised and lowered on the posts 7.

.dinary or standard construction and adapt- -'lhe'camera will be provided witha shutter of any approved type.

The parts hereinbet'ore described are of any standard or approved construction and, in their details, form no. part of my invention.

()n the upper long side of'the camera box there is mounted a sight which cot'iperates with my finder. This sight is shown in detail inFig. l and comprises abasc S which is applied to the camera box with a frame pivo'ted at one end of said base, said frame comprising a pair of parallel members 9 having a block 10 slidabl mounted with respect to the members 9, said block having a sight opening 11 therein. The block 10 may be provided with an index 12 cooperating with a scale 1 on one of the members carrying the block. The members 9 are pivoted attheirlowcr ends to the frame 8. as shown at ll, and may be't'olded down into said frame, being held in their elevated position by means of a spring 1.) on one side thereof and a stop ll) on the other side. It will be observed. from Fig. '2, that the members ,9. when folded upwardly. are in substan-.

ring being provided with a projection 21.

22 denotes a rectangular t'rame inwhich there is mounted a piano-concave lens 23.

ing the frame is shown in Figs. 5 land 6. The sidcs of the frame are provided w th channeled extensions 24' adapted to receivt l The frame 22 is slidably mounted upon the v 'arms 19. A convenient manner of so. mount-- the arms- 19. Each extelrsionmay be rovide'd with a centrally arranged concave projection 25 which may be grasped by the opand the adjacent arm 19 there is interposed a spring 26 having a projection 27 yieldingly engaging said arm and adapted, when the frame 22 is in its lowermost position, to enter an aperture 28 in said arm to retain the frame in its lowered position. -Each arm 19 is also provided with a similar aperture 28, which is arranged to engage the projection 27 when the frame 22'is elevated, as

shown in Figs. 2 and 6. The lens 23 will be provided with lines 23 intersect-ing at the center thereof. A stop 29 projecting from each arm 19 engages the corresponding extension 24 and prevents the withdrawal of the finder from the arms 19 when the spring projections engage the apertures 28*.

' The ring 20 is conveniently applied to the lens carrier in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 2and is rotatable thereon.

The stop 80 is carried by a part which is movable with the lens, as the lens carrier, and is adapted to be engaged by the projection 21 when the ring 20 has been rotated Mto bring the frame to the vertical position shown 1n Figs. 1 and 2, the parts being so proportioned and arranged that, when the projection 21 is engaged with the stop 30 and the finder frame has been elevlited to bring the spring projections 27 into the apertures 28*, a line drawn through the sight opening 11 and the point of intersection of the'cross lines 23 will be substantially parallel with the optical axis of the camera.

31 denotes a second stop carried by the lens carrier and adapted to be engaged by theprojection 21 when the frame has been 31. \Vith cameras of ordinary construction,

this will enable the lens, bellows and front to be folded into the casing or box 1 and at the same time employ a large finder. With standard makes of camera that are on the market, I am enabled, by this construction, to employ a finder lens which is substantially half. the length and half the width'of the sensitized film or plate employed with standard camera; and, in some makes of cameras, even longer finders may be employed. The concavity of the lens will be such thllt the field observed therethrough will be co-extensive with the field projected by the lens upon the sensitized film or plate.

Reference has'becn made to the adjustability of the block 10. The purpose of this is to enable the'observer to observe, through the finder and the sight opening 11, the same field that is projected upon the film or plate by the lens. In photographing objects that are relatively near, the block 10 will be raised sothata line drawn through the sight opening 11 and the intersection of the lines 23* will be somewhat convergent toward the optical axis. As the distance of the objects photographed from the camera, increases, the block 11 will be adjusted to bring the former line more nearly parallel to the optical axis. For distant objects, the aforesaid line and. the optical axis will be parallel, The scale 13 will be graduated according to the distances of the objects to be photographed.

In opening the camera, it will be. only necessary 'to drop the front -'l,- pull out the camera front and lens in the usual manner, grasp the projections 25- and rotate thefinder to bring the same to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, at the same time elevating the finder frame until the stops 29 are engaged by extensions 24. The sight can then be used by folding the members 9 upwardly and the block 10 can be adjusted -1n accordance with the distance of the object from the camera. 4

It isfrequently desirable to use a camera for tele-photo purposes. Under these. conditions, the field covered by the lens is considerably narrowed. To accommodate the finder for' use with a camera when employed for such purposes, an opaque frame 32, preferably of metal and resembling in outllne a mask employedwith negatives, may be used. This frame is provided with a central opening 33 which is of such size, when applied to the finder, as to represent in the latter the field projected by the lens upon the sensitized film or plate. For the reception of the frame or mask 32, the'upper member of frame 22 may be provided with a slot 22 through which the frame or mask 32 may be inserted. The mask being of the same external dimensions as the lens 23, the

only portion of the finder lens which is used is the central portion, and this portion will present to the observer the same field as will be projected by the lens upon the film or p plate. To prevent the frame or mask 32 from dropping out of the frame 22, a spring-pressed pin 34 may be applied to the latter to engage an aperture 35 1n an extension 36 of frame 32.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is, j

1. In a camera, thecombinati'on' of a box,

a bellows, a lens, a frame movable with saidlens, said frame havingia pair of arms, a

finder mounted between said arms and slidable longitudinally thereof, a stop arranged to limit the movement of the finder with respect to .said arms, springs interposed be-' tween said frame and said arms, and a sight member carried by the box and cooperating with said'finder. 2. In a camera, the combmation of a box, a bellows, a lens, a finder movable w1th said lens, a sight member on said box cooperating with said finder, said sight member compris-. Ting a pair of arms, and a sight block adjustably supported by said arms, one of said arms having a scale for determining the ad- 3. The combination, with a camera box,

justment of said block.

bellows and lens, of a frame rotatable with respect to said lens, said frame having a pair of arms, a finder lens having a frame adapted to be applied to said arms. and to slide thereon, the latter frame being provided with projections on the arm-receiving portions-thereof, and stops for limiting the.

movement of the finder frame with respect to said arms.

4'. The combination, with a camera box, bellows and lens, of a frame movable with said lens, said frame having a pair of arms,

"and a finder lens having a frame adapted to be applied to said arms and to slide thereon,- I the latter frame being provided with springs adapted'to engage said arms.

5. The combination, with a camera box,2

bellows and lens, of a frame movablewith said lens, said frame havinga pair of side arms each havingspaced apertures, and a finder adapted to be applied to said arms and to slide thereupon, the finder being provided 'with a spring on each side thereof adapted to engage the arms and to enter the apertures thereof.

' 6. The combination, with acamera finder comprising a transparent body and a frame inclosin the same, said frame being provided with a slot in one of the sides thereof,

of a member of substantially the same ex-. ternal dimensions as said transparent body and having an open center and adapted to 'be inserted into the frame through said slot,

and means carried by the frame and co-acting'with said member for retaining the same in place within the frame.

7. In a camera, the combination of a box,

a bellows, a lens, a finderframe rotatable with respectto said lens and movable therewith, a lens adjustably mounted in sald frame, and a sight .me1nber carried by the -box,'and cooperating with said lens.

' 8-. In a camera, the combination of a box,

a bellows, a lens, a frame movable with said lens and rotatable in a plane at right angles with respect to the optical axis of the camera and about a center substantially coincident with said axis, a finder lens adjustably mounted in said frame, stops arranged to limit the rotation of said frame to a quarter revolution, and a sight member carried.

.by the box and cooperating with said finder.

9. In a camera, the combination of a box, a bellows, a lens, a frame movable with said lens, a finder adjustably mounted in said frame, and a sight member carried by said box and cooperating with the finder lens, said sight member being adjustable toward and from said box.

10. In a camera, the combination of a box, a bellows, and a lens, a frame for said lens,

a finder frame rotatably mounted on the.

said lens frame, and a lens supported 'by the finder frame and adjustable w1th respect thereto toward and from the camera lens.

11. In a camera, the combination of a box,

,a bellows, a lens, a frame for said lens, a-

finder frame rotatably mounted on the former frame, a lens supported by the finder frame and adjustable with respect thereto toward and from the former lens, and stops arranged to limit therotation of the finder frame with respect to the lens frame.

12. In a camera, the combination of a box, a bellows, a lens, a finder frame movable with said lens and rotatable in a plane at right angles to the optical axis of. the camera and about a center substantially coincident with said axis, and a finder lens supported by said frame. and adjustable with respect to said frame toward and from the,

optical axis of the camera.

13. In a camera, the combination of a box having a front opening, one of the sides of which is greater in length than another, a lens, a finder frame movable with said lens and rotatable in a plane at right angles with respect to the optical axis of the camera and about a center substantially coincident with the center of the camera lens, a lens supported by said frame and adjustable with respect thereto toward and from the optical axis of the camera and stops arranged to limit the 

